Northern Star - European Promo Interview CD (1999)
1. When and why did you decide to change your image and is it a bid to break away from the Spice Girls image in some way?
2. Did you feel you needed the freedom of a solo album to reveal your true musical self?
3. How does the music on this album reflect your individual personality?
4. There's a variety of musical styles on this album; how did you decide wich tracks to put on there, what order to put them in and what do you think holds it all togheter?
5. When you started work on this album did you have a musical game plan?
6. How would you describe the Melanie C sound?
7. Being a Spice Girl, you must have people queuing up to work with as well as a ready-made audience...
8. Which producers did you choose to work with?
9. You've been very involved with the songwriting for this album, who did you write with?
10. After the success of your big hit duet with Bryan Adams, have you done any more writing with him?
11. Why did you decide not to put "When You're Gone" on this album?
12. Why did you decide to record the album over in Los Angeles?
13. You say LA suits you - what is it about the city that you really love?
14. Was the song "Fell The Sun" inspired by your experiences there?
15. Did you do much mixing with the stars while you were in LA?
16. Is it true you went out to dinner with Madonna?
17. Is she still a great idol of yours?
18. I hear you jumped up on stage and did your Sex Pistols impersonation in LA - how did that come about?
19. Do you ever get nervous about meeting famous people or getting up on stage in front of huge crowds or has all your experience with the Spice Girls cured that?
20. Going out on stage on your own must be a very different experience from performing with the Spice Girls - does that make you feel more nervous than ever?
21. Tell us about your band?
22. What tracks on the album are going to be singles?
23. Why did you decide on "Goin' Down" as the first single?
24. The title "Goin' Down" might just be misconstrued - or was that perhaps your intention?
25. What's the video for "Goin' Down" like...
26. By releasing one of the rockier tracks first you're strengthening your reputation as a bit of rock chick, aren't you?
27. Let's talk about your next single "Northern Star" which is also the title track of the album. What's the significance of that title?
28. Lyrically it deals with the down side of fame - does the continuous hounding by the press still get you down or have you become hardened to all that?
29. Do the lyrics of these songs give us an opportunity to get to know the real Sporty?
30. Does it help you to deal with your emoticions by putting them into songs?
31. What inspires you to write, especially the love songs like "Be The One" for example?
32. "I Turn To You" could be a romantic love song but it sounds more like a song for someone who's supported you through thick and thin, is that the case?
33. How much do you think your experiences in life before you became a Spice Girl, especially your childhood, have influenced this album?
34. What about that ambitious little girl who used to stand in front of the mirror pretendind her TV remote control was a microphone - does she still exist?
35. Why did you decide to write a song about homelessness - "If That Were Me" - and do you expect some criticism for daring to deal with the subeject?
36. The line that stands out is the one that goes "I couldn't live without my phone but you don't even have a home"
37. Do you think people will be surprised at the R&B direction you've taken on "Never Be The Same Again"?
38. And you take yet another musical direction again with "Suddenly Monday"...
39. Do you have a favourite track on the album and if so what's the reason for picking it as your favourite?
40. Now you're back in the studio with the Spice Girls, what impact do you think your experience of making a solo album is having on the third Spice Girls album?
41. Is fitting in the Spice Girls work with your various solo projects quite a juggling act?
42. How far have you got with the Spice Girls album and which producers have you been working with this time?
43. How is the Spice Girls cartoon progressing and are there any other Spice projects in the pipeline?
44. With the approach of the millennium are you doing a lot of looking back or are you the sort of person who's always looking forward?
45. Looking ahead to the rest of this year and the first half of 2000, what plans do you have?
46. How are you going to celebrate the millennium?
47. How do you feel about being part of one of the biggest musical phenomena of the 20th century?
48. ID: "Goin' Down"
49. ID: "Northern Star"
50. ID: Christmas
51. ID: Millennium
European Promo Interview CD
1. Why have you titled your album "Reason"?
2. Did you take any time off between albums?
3. The album sounds very positive, was that your intention?
4. What was going on in your life when you started work on the album?
5. Have you rid yourself of those demons now?
6. You have been very honest and open about your depression...
7. Are you looking forward to seeing how the public respond to the album?
8. This sounds a little bit more grown up than Northern Star...
9. Your image has moved on well...
10. Northern Star was more confrontational, wasn't it?
11. Do you recall which song started this project?
12. Where did the idea for Here It Comes Again come from?
13. Here It Comes Again must be very demanding, vocally....
14. Do you find that you're writing more vocally ambitious songs, now?
15. How has your voice grown stronger?
16. How do you take care of your voice
17. Do you think that many of today's "Pop Idols" ignore the value of looking after yourself?
18. Have you experimented with new vocal techniques? (Water)
19. Searching for self fulfillment is the recurrent theme of this album...
20. Are the lyrics for Positively Somewhere about arriving somewhere?
21. Who did you write Positively Somewhere with?
22. How highly do you value the producer's role?
23. How did you choose your producers?
24. Do you find it easy to bare your soul with your collaborators?
25. What was it like working with Dave Arnold?
26. Home seems like a very personal song....
27. How important is your home life to you...
28. Melt is about self-healing, right?
29. Tell about writing Melt with Guy...
30. On The Horizon is your first co-wrote with Greg Alexander....
31. You recorded Reason with Peter Vettese?
32. Soul Boy is the only cover version...
33. Did you have plenty of songs for Reason?
34. What music are you into now?
35. You still have rock on the album...
36. Are you a rock chick at heart?
37. Is learning to play guitar your main ambition?
38. Do the album tracks lend themselves to acoustic performance?
39. What's the new tour and stage like?
40. Do your songs change as you perform them live?
41. Will the tour be energetic?
42. Does Sporty live on?
43. How do you deal with your two different identities?
44. Do you enjoy more freedom of expression as a soloist?
45. How much did the Spice fans contribute to Northern Star's success?
46. Do you mind being labelled ex-Spice girl?
47. Will there be a Spice reunion?
48. What are your hopes for the album, and beyond?
49. What has got you where you are today?
50. Are you an optimist?
51. ID Here It Comes Again
52. ID On The Horizon
53. ID Positively Somewhere
54. ID Melt
55. ID Yeh Yeh Yeh
56. Buzz Track
